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OLD    FOLKS   AT    HOME 


WAY  DOWN   UPON   DE  SWANEE   RIBBER" 


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BY 

STEPHEN    COLLINS    FOSTER 
ILLUSTRATED 


BOSTON 

TICKNOR     AND     COMPANY 

211  Fremont  Street 

1889 


Copyright, 

1851,    11Y     FlRTII,     I'OND,    &    CO.; 

1879,  IIY  MRS.  S.  C.  FOSTER  AND  MKS.  MARION   FOSTER  WELCH; 

1887,    BY    TlCKNOR    AND   Co.Ml'ANY. 


All  rights  reserved. 


Used  by  permission  of  OLIVER  DITSON  &  Co.,  owners  of  the  Copyright. 


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JOHN   WILSON   AND  SON,  CAMBRIDGE. 


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BY   CHARLES    COPELAND. 

Drawn,  engraved,  and  printed  under  the  supervision  of 
A.  V.   S.   ANTHONY. 


OLD    FOLKS    AT    HOME. 


WAY  down  upon  de  Swanee  ribber, 
Far,  far  away, 
Dere's  wha  my  heart  is  turning  ebber, 

Dere  's  wha  de  old  folks  stay. 
All  up  and  down  de  whole  creation 

Sadly  I  roam, 

Still  longing  for  de  old  plantation, 
And  for  de  old  folks  at  home. 

CHORUS. 

All  de  world  am  sad  and  dreary, 

Ebry where  I  roam  ; 
Oh,  darkeys,  how  my  heart  grows  weary, 

Far  from  de  old  folks  at  home ! 


All  round  de  little  farm  I  wander'd 

When  I  was  young  ; 
Den  many  happy  days  I  squander'd, 

Many  de  songs   I  sung. 
When   I  was  playing  wid  my  brudder, 

Happy  was  I  ; 
Oh,  take  me  to  my  kind  old  mudder ! 

Dere  let  me  live  and  die. 


CHORUS. 


One  little  hut  among  de  bushes, 

One  dat  I  love, 
Still  sadly  to  my  mem'ry  rushes, 

No  matter  where   I  rove. 
When  will  I  see  de  bees  a-humming 

All  round  de  comb  ? 
When  will  I  hear  de  banjo  tumming, 

Down  in  my  good  old  home  ? 


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